Watch what happens when Guns are banned in Australia

[SuperiorDG]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8RDWltHxRc

[palepainter]

Thanks for sharing that.

[BushMasterBoy]

in a nutshell:

Armed robberies rose 69%
Assaults w/guns went up by 28%
murder by gun up 19%
home invasions up 21%

[wreave]

The interesting thing is that if you search for data on this, you'll find plenty of politicians claiming that it worked, as firearm deaths are down. They conveniently, deliberately ignore the fact that total crime (i.e. ignoring what weapon, if any, was used) was not effected by the ban, at best. In some cases, it's worse.

But the gun banners hated guns, and they got what they wanted. Now they're living with the results.

[rondog]

EVERY American needs to see this! Especially all the Fudds and Nannystaters that would have us all disarmed, except for "sporting arms". Goddamnit, this kind of bullshit isn't right and should NOT be tolerated in a civilized society! I really find it hard to believe that police and military would even participate in something like this. In America, I'd expect them to line up alongside us.

[ruthabagah]

this video again.... There is not once of truth in this one.

personal gun ownership is Up in Australia http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-12/gun-ownership-on-the-rise/3662504

Crime is down. Homicides are at their lowest in decades http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704353/ (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704353/)

http://www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/ausguns.asp

My point: Let's fight for our right, but without emotions and without false sources.

[Tinelement]

Passing it on.

Scary way of life to think about right there.

[SuperiorDG]

this video again.... There is not once of truth in this one.

I think they learn their lesson here. personal gun ownership is Up in Australia http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-12/gun-ownership-on-the-rise/3662504

Firearms Crime is down. Firearms Homicides are at their lowest in decades http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704353/ (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704353/)

http://www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/ausguns.asp

My point: Let's fight for our right, but without emotions and without false sources.

They are talking about firearm homicides, not over all homicides. A classic anti-gunner move.

[ruthabagah]

They are talking about firearm homicides, not over all homicides. A classic anti-gunner move.

Calling ABC (not OUR ABC) anti gun, would be like calling FOX Liberal media....

Finally:

"Some important trends of note contained in Australian crime: Facts & figures (2011) are:• The overall number of recorded violent crimes decreased in 2010, except for the
offence kidnapping and abduction. Assault continued to occur at a rate that far
exceeded any other violent offence (766 per 100,000 population).
• Property crime decreased again in 2010; consistent with the general decrease
evident over the previous 10 years.
• Males were most commonly the victims and the perpetrators of crime. The only
violent crime where females were victimised at a greater rate than males was sexual
assault. There were also gender differences evident in the location of where the
crime occurred. For both males and females, physical assault most commonly
occurred in the victim’s own home. However, while females were most commonly
threatened with assault in their own home, males were more likely to be threatened
with assault at work, or a place of study "

Source here (http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/0/B/6/%7B0B619F44-B18B-47B4-9B59-F87BA643CBAA%7Dfacts11.pdf)